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"The Angel coaching staff ruined those guys. Katz will fix them right up." Said no Sox fan ever.

Ozzie quietly many weeks before the last two games. While you guys know I enjoy piling on this crap of a franchise there are some moments in our history that I'm pretty damn proud of as a fan of this team. Larry Doby breaking the color line in the AL comes to mind. Baines and Goodwin.

It's cannon fodder. Either a career going up or a career going down. I'd rather start sometime on the way up and lose

Interesting point, who initiated it, who needed to approve it, anyone going to own it? Could be check the wind and give your hand picked candidate a boost.

The safety issue I'm addressing is that the Rate is unsafe and she therefore needed it for protection. I don't believe she needed it at the Rate, in the parking lot near the Rate, and probably not anywhere on her trip home. You are bringing up a different issue. Is the Rate unsafe because she was successful at smuggling it in? I hadn't even thought of that angle.

I am done with *this* owner. I am not done with a Chicago baseball team. But enjoy the JR family for the rest of your life. He moves his team out of the city (dumb move by a dumb owner) and I will embrace the next team that moves in. Sorry if that offends you. I love the city more than this asshat of an owner. My wishes JR sells and the team stays in Chicago. Best option, not likely Unacceptable are additional decades of this family ownership but the team stays in Chicago. Team moves and Chicago stays a one team city. Unacceptable, worst of the options. JR threatens to move, Illinois and city say don't let the door hit you on the ass and an expansion franchise moves into Comiskey or whatever they want to call it. Not as good as #1 better to me then #2.

The idea is dumb. My point is towards the people who are painting Chicago and especially the southside as unsafe based on her "bringing a gun to the Rate".

How about JR moves the team he owns to Mexico City and we embrace a new *expansion* team?

And people assume she felt threatened and was protecting herself from violence *at* the game. Could be she didn't want the gun stolen and felt this was safer than leaving it at home. She could have felt threatened by public transportation before and/or after the game. Especially if she is living around Wrigley. She may have just bought it from someone in the neighborhood and was transporting it back home and decided to catch a Sox game.

I assume death wasn't an option?

On the outside, GM puts together great looking roster, owner hires even older crony who destroys team, GM gets fired. Unless you really follow the team, it seems plausible.

I'm not certain if the races or Amazon has cost be more.

Which is something in Hahn's favor. A lot of people thought that was a WS level team. Two years down the road I'm more inclined to blame Tony and his decision to leave the locker room to the players expecting them to regulate themselves.

Good point.

How did shotspotter not pick up the shot?

Someone got shot in the neighborhood.

Probably the same reason no one pointed out my thread from October 2005 saying I wouldn't be surprised if Jerry talks about a new stadium. It's a reoccurring thread.

College is becoming too professional with NIL deals. Semi pro. I do enjoy high school baseball.

I was thinking more about the "if I go to the city I will be car jacked and die" crowd. San Antonio where I live is generally regarded as a safe city, but there are areas that people go to commit crimes and where some have crimes committed against them while there for the vices. Unfortunately there are also folks that live there that are affected.

No it's not a double elimination. You need to read the article. The two teams eliminated in the US and World brackets were undefeated coming into the single game and were both eliminated by a team with one loss. The world series is double elimination until the U.S. and international bracket championships. And yes, it was weak my friend. But it seems like b.s. to me that a one loss team advanced while another one loss team goes home.

Heading north after a Sox game is always lonely.

I assume they have mapped the home addresses of the season ticket buyers and probably surveyed single game buyers. That data would be interesting. For most of my career I had offices in Schaumburg and Elk Grove. That was solidly Cub territory. I wonder how many the team could flip if they played on AH.

Great point I didn't consider.

The impact on the fan base is interesting. My first thoughts are Soldier Field or UC area - no change Arlington Heights - net gain. Instead of Northside versus Southside it would be city team versus suburban team. I doubt many Sox fans would suddenly embrace the Cubs so they lose a few but pick up some. Losing the Southside identity makes me sad. I'm wondering if somewhere around Bolingbrook or Oak Lawn would work?